The Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Tasiamide B, a
4-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic Acid Containing Peptide from the Marine
Cyanobacterium Symploca sp.
posted on 2003-07-01, 00:00authored byPhilip G. Williams, Wesley Y. Yoshida, Richard E. Moore, Valerie J. Paul
A new cytotoxic peptide, which displayed an IC50 value of 0.8 μM against KB cells, has been isolated
from the marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp. The planar structure of tasiamide B (1), deduced by 2D
NMR experiments, contains the unusual amino acid-derived residue 4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic
acid (Ahppa). The configuration of 1 was deduced by HPLC analysis of degradation products.